The Year of the Hare (1977)
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life
- Released
- 1977-12-23
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Risto Jarva, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi, Arto Paasilinna, Risto Jarva
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 from 28 votes
Cast
- Antti Litja as Kaarlo Vatanen
- Kauko Helovirta as Desk Sergeant
- Markku Huhtamo as Taxi Driver
- Paavo Hukkinen as Taxi Driver
- Juha Kandolin as Miettinen
- Kosti Klemelä as U. Kärkkäinen
- Anna-Maija Kokkinen as Leila Heikkinen
- Martti Kuningas as Hannikainen
- Ahti Kuoppala as Kaartinen
- Hannele Lanu as Kiosk Vendor
- Hannu Lauri as Huhtinen
- Heikki Nousiainen as Toropainen